Garden Photos
 A growing collection of pictures from our gardens including information on the plants. See some of the vegetables, herbs and flowers that are frequently grown in backyard gardens, flower beds, or even in pots across the southeast.
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Top Ten Backyard Wildflowers Wildflowers are advantageous in the garden for more reasons than their beauty. Their price is right and some of them attract butterflies and hummingbirds as
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Late Spring Vegetables
 Crop planting season for summer vegetable gardens usually lasts one month from the average frost-free date. "Then there are those of us in May who are only now getting around to planting a vegetable garden," <Late Spring Vegetables>
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Our Garden 2015
 We share some information about our garden for the 2015 growing year. New blueberry bushes, larger raised bed garden, and a new garden.
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Control Garden Weeds
Controling weeds in the garden before they grow is easier and less time consuming than pulling them later. <Control Garden Weeds>
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Make Gardening Educational, Fun For Kids
Gardening can be a great learning experience for children, even the very young. It gives them an opportunity to watch life unfold and develop. <Kids & Gardening>
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Butterfly Bush
 Butterfly bush, are becoming an increasingly popular plant in the home landscape, according to LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dr. Allen Owings <butterfly Bush>
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Pruning Summer Blackberries
Summer pruning of blackberries is an important management tool. It is helpful in fruit harvesting, controlling insects and controlling diseases <Pruning Blackberries>
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Summer Tomatoes
Summers are a tough time for tomatoes to set and hold fruit. The heat causes irregular flower growth in most cultivars, and the result is poor fruit set
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Vegetables Fight Disease
 Most people do not consume adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables. Yet, these foods are important weapons against chronic disease, according to LSU
AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy. <Vegetables Fight Disease>
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Choosing Hedge Trimmers
Popular electric hedge trimmers have two blades with multiple teeth. One blade moves back and forth over the other, shearing the plant material as the teeth on the two blades pass each other. <Choosing Hedge Trimmers>
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Fall Vegetable
Garden Plan
 "In the fall, we go from too hot to too cold," Koske says, but adds, "Too cold isn’t all that bad unless there’s an early killing frost." Overall, though, he says fall garden preparation is similar to spring planting. <Fall Garden>
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Common Garden Pests
 A collection of photographs covering garden pests. Mostly insects, the list includes Japanese Beetle, Squash Bugs, caterpillars and more.
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Vegetables To Plant In April
 A In April, plant pole and bush snap beans as well as pole and bush lima beans. Plant butter pea seeds, collards, sweet corn, cucumber, summer and <Vegetables To Plant In April>
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Our Garden 2010
A little information on our personal garden for the 2010 year growing
season.
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Our Garden 2011
A little information on our personal garden for the 2011 year growing season.
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Related Links & Resources:
● Garlic chives in the garden
● Fruits And Vegetables To Fight Disease
● Blueberries Are Tasty Disease Fighters
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